Re: Doesn't
hold a candle to you

: : What is the
meaning and original saying "Someone doesn't hold a candle to you"

: I understand
it to mean that the person has so much less skill or beauty, intelligence, talent,
or some other good quality) than you that the comparison can't even be made. Apprentices
used to hold candles to light the work that a master artist or craftsman was doing.
The person who held the candle was at a lower level in his or her career than
the master. What is implicit in the saying is that the person is not worthy even
to hold the light for you.